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THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES CALLED<br/>
<span class=large>EXODUS</span>
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CHAPTER 4
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The Lord gives signs to Moses—Aaron chosen as a spokesman—Israel is the Lord’s firstborn and must be released to serve him—Circumcision of Moses’ son—Moses and Aaron lead Israel in worship.
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And</span> Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/1a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ex. 4: 31; TG Doubt; TG Rebellion.">believe</a> me, nor <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 14; Ex. 3: 13 (13-15); Acts 7: 25 (25-35).">hearken</a> unto my voice: for they will say, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath not appeared unto thee.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto him, What <i>is</i> that in thine hand?  And he said, A rod.
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And he said, Cast it on the ground.  And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail.  And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand:
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That they may believe that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom.  And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand <i>was</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Leprosy.">leprous</a> as snow.
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And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again.  And he put his hand into his bosom again; and <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/7a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR drew.">plucked</a> it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/7b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB restored like.">turned</a> again as his <i>other</i> flesh.
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Signs.">sign</a>.
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And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/9a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE the Nile.">the</a> river, and pour <i>it</i> upon the dry <i>land:</i> and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 7: 19.">blood</a> upon the dry <i>land.</i>
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&#182; And Moses said unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, O my Lord, I <i>am</i> not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I <i>am</i> slow of <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 1: 6 (6-9); D&C 60: 2 (2-3).">speech</a>, and of a <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 6: 12; Moses 6: 31.">slow</a> tongue.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth?  or who <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ether 12: 27.">maketh</a> the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind?  have not I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>?
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Now therefore go, and I will be with thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 1: 9 (6-9); Matt. 10: 19 (19-20); Luke 12: 12; D&C 24: 6 (5-6); D&C 28: 4; Moses 6: 8, 32.">mouth</a>, and <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/12b" mark="b" type="C" title="TG Prophecy; TG Prophets, Mission of; D&C 68: 3 (3-4); D&C 100: 5.">teach</a> thee what thou shalt say.
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And he said, O my Lord, send, I pray thee, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/13a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR through whomever thou wilt send.">by</a> the hand <i>of</i> <i>him</i> <i>whom</i> thou wilt send.
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And the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Anger.">anger</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was kindled against Moses, and he said, <i>Is</i> not Aaron the Levite thy brother?  I know that he can speak well.  And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart.
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And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Authority.">mouth</a>, and with his mouth, and will <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 32: 3 (3, 5).">teach</a> you what ye shall do.
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And he shall be thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/16a" mark="a" type="C" title="Ex. 16: 9; 2 Ne. 3: 17 (17-18); D&C 100: 9 (9-11); D&C 124: 104; TG Prophecy.">spokesman</a> unto the people: and he shall be, <i>even</i> he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/16b" mark="b" type="F" title="A prophet is a spokesman; hence he speaks for, or instead of, God; TG Prophets, Mission of.">instead</a> of <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/4/16c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ex. 7: 1; Ex. 18: 19.">God</a>.
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And thou shalt take this <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 7: 15.">rod</a> in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs.
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&#182; And Moses went and returned to <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 18 (16-18).">Jethro</a> his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which <i>are</i> in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive.  And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/19a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 23.">dead</a> which sought thy <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 2: 15.">life</a>.
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And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/20a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 17: 9; Num. 20: 8 (8-9).">rod</a> of God in his hand.
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And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/21a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR miracles.">wonders</a> before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/21b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR power.">hand</a>: <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/4/21c" mark="c" type="H" title="JST Ex. 4: 21  . . .  and I will prosper thee; but Pharaoh will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.">but</a> I will <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/4/21d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Hardheartedness.">harden</a> his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
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And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 2: 14.">Israel</a> <i>is</i> my <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Hosea 11: 1 (1-4).">son</a>, <i>even</i> my <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/4/22c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Firstborn.">firstborn</a>:
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And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 11: 5 (1-5).">son</a>, <i>even</i> thy firstborn.
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/24a" mark="a" type="H" title="JST Ex. 4: 24-27 (Appendix).">And</a> it came to pass <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/24b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR on the road by the inn.">by</a> the way in the inn, that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> met him, and sought to <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/4/24c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 17: 14.">kill</a> him.
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Then Zipporah took a <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/25a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB flint-stone.">sharp</a> stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast <i>it</i> at his feet, and said, Surely a <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/25b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB bridegroom of blood. (There is some covenant significance in this.) Also v. 26.">bloody</a> husband <i>art</i> thou to me.
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So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband <i>thou</i> <i>art,</i> because of the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Circumcision.">circumcision</a>.
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&#182; And the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses.  And he went, and met him in the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/27a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 1; Ex. 18: 5; 1 Kgs. 19: 8.">mount</a> of God, and kissed him.
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And Moses told Aaron all the words of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him.
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&#182; And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/29a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 16; 1 Ne. 4: 22 (22, 27); Alma 6: 1; Moro. 6: 7.">elders</a> of the children of Israel:
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And Aaron <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/30a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Prophets, Mission of.">spake</a> all the words which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
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And the people <sup>a</sup><a href="ex/4/31a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 18; Ex. 4: 1 (1-9).">believed</a>: and when they heard that the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> had <sup>b</sup><a href="ex/4/31b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ex. 3: 16.">visited</a> the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their <sup>c</sup><a href="ex/4/31c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Israel, Deliverance of.">affliction</a>, then they <sup>d</sup><a href="ex/4/31d" mark="d" type="A" title="Gen. 24: 26; Ex. 34: 8.">bowed</a> their heads and worshipped.
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